The joint NASA and Space X mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled to launch on October 30, has been postponed to October 31. This is stated On the website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 19.
"NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting 2:21 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, October 31 for the Crew3 crew launch to the ISS to allow additional time for space technology preparation. The time and date of the launch of the reserve group is 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 3," the ministry said.
Debutant astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron, mission Commander Tom Marshburn and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer will travel to Moscow Time on the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft with a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The international crew has been quarantined since October 16 and will travel to the Kennedy Center in the coming days for final preparations for launch.
The Crew3 team will conduct a long-term scientific mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. For the launch on October 31, the team will arrive at the space station early on Monday, November 1.
The return of the Crew2 crew with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is scheduled for early November with the Dragon Endeavour landing in one of the seven landing zones off the coast of Florida.
In September, it became known that the Crew Dragon spacecraft with the first civilian space crew will conduct a three-day mission in orbit due to the nuances of American legislation. Oleg Mansurov, founder and CEO of the private space company Success Rockets, explained why tourists were given three days in orbit and how their life in space will differ from the conditions of astronauts.
